Joſeph, who is ſaid tobe both Rich, Mat, 27, 57. and -Sag-9romy ay 15. 43: which they conecive to be intimated as a token of Favour and Honour ſhewed tohim. Which to me ſeems not probable Parte ſy becauſe this diſagrees with the former Clauſe, which confeſſedly ſpeaks of the diſhonour which was done to him; and partly becauſe the burial of Chriſt, whatſoever Circumſtances it was attended with, 15 eycr mentioned in Scripture as a part of his Humilatiop, A&s 2 24, 27. And it ſeems more reaſonable, and more agreeable to the uſage of the Holy Scripture, that this clauſe ſhould deſign the ſame thing with the former, and that by Rich he means the ſame perſors whom he now called Wicked, not as if all rich men were, or miſt needs be wicked, but becauſe for the moſt part they are fo ; upon which ground, riches and rich men do» commonly paſs under an ilt Name in Scripture ; of which ſee Pſalm 37. 10, and 49. 6: Lake 6, 24* and 18, 24, James 1.11. and 5,1, # Heb. in, or at ( or af+ zer, 4sthis particle is frequently taken, as hath been already noted_) his Deat+s . for ChriſtsDeath might well be called Deaths in the Pluraf number, becauſe he underwent many kinds of deaths, and many dead= ly dangers and pains, which are frequently called by the name of death iq Scripture, of which inſtances have been formerly given ; and he might ſay, with no leſs Truth than Paul did, 1 Cor. IS. 3t. 7 die daily, amd 2 Cor, 11, 23: I was in Deaths off, n This ſome ſup- poſe to be added as a reafon of the laſt branch of theforegoing clauſe why God ſo over-ruled matters by his Providence, that Chriſt ſhould not be buricd in the ſame Grave, or in the ſame ignominious mans neras MalefaGtors were, butin a more honourable manner, in Joſephs own Tomb, But the laſt part of the foregoing clauſe cannot, with= out violence, be pulled aſunder from the former, wherewith it is ſo cloſely joyned, notonly by a ConjunRion copulative, and, but alſo by being under the government of the ſame Verb ; And there- fore this latter ciauſe of the verſe, if thus rendred, muſt be added as the reaſon of what is ſaid to be done in the former. And ſo the ſenſe of the place may be thus conceived, This was all the reward of the unſpotted Innocency ef all his words and aRions, to be thus 1gnominioufly uſed : But theſe words may well be, and arcotherwiſe rendred both by Jewiſhaud Chriftian Interpreters, either thus, al. thoub he had done, &c. or rather thus, net for ( as theſe two ſame particles placed in the very ſame order, are rendred by our Tranfla- tor, and others, Job 26. 17.) any violence (C or injury or iniquity ) which he had dene, nor for any deceit which was in his mouth ; not for his own Sins, but, as hath been ſaid before, for his Peoples Sins In which Travoſlation there is nothing ſupplicd but what is moſt fre- quent in Scripturealſo.
10 Yet it pleaſed the LORD to bruiſe him s, jg, 4, he hath put him to grief p : || + when thou ſhalt make hi; ful his Soul an offering tor Sin 9 he fball ſee his feed r, ſha! mae
he ſhal prolong his days 5s, and the pleaſure of the nou
LORD ſhall proſper in his hand 7. ip.
o Butalthough he was perfe&ly innocent, it pleaſed God for other Make bis Juſt and wiſe Reaſons. to puniſh him. p God was the principal cauſe Ju! fm: of all his Sorrows and Sufferings, although mens ſins were the deſery- 2 Cv 5. ing cauſes q When thou, O God, ſhalt make, or have made, thy 21 1 Pe,
Sins. His Soul is here put for his Life, or for himſelf, or his whole humane Nature, which was ſacrificed, his Soul being tormented with the ſenſe of God's Wrath, and his body crucified, and Soul and Bo. dy ſcperated by Death. Or the words may be rendred, #hen his Soul (hal make, or have made, it ſelf an offering for Sin : whereby it may be implied that he did not lay down his Life by force, but willingly, r His Death ſhall be glorious to himſelf, and highly beneficial to others, for he ſhal have a numerovs iffac of Believers re- nciled to God, and ſaved by his Death. s He ſhal be raiſed to mortal Life, and ſhall [ive and reign with God for ever; he ſhall die no more, Rom. 6. 9g. and of his Kingdom there ſhal be no end, Luke i- 33. F Gods gracious decree for the Redemption and Salvation of Mankind fall be cffeGuaily carried on by his Miniſtry and Mcdis- ation, ,
11 He ſhal ſee » of the travel of his Soul x, and x1, , , ſhall be ſatisfied y : by his knowledge =, ſhall * my & > "Y righteous ſervant a juſtifie þ many c : for helhal bear _ their iniquities &.
# He ſhal receive or enjoy, as this word commonly ſignifies x
The comfortable and bleſſed fruit ot all his hard labours, and griev-
ous ſufferings. y He ſhal eſteem his own and his Fathers Glory,
and the Salvation of his People, an abundant recompence for all his Sufferings. 3 Either, 1. Adively, by that knowledge of Gods Will, andofthe way of Salvation, which is in him in its higheſt per- feCtion, and which by him is revealed unto men, and by his Spirit is imprinted in the Minds and Hearts of his People, ſo as to produce Faith and Obedience in them. Or, 2, Paſſively, by the knowledge
of him, as my fear and thy fear are put for the fear of me and of thee; Plalm 5 7. Jer. 32. 40. Knowledge being here, as it is moſt frequen=
ly in Scripture, taken praftically for that kind of Knowledge which worketh Faith, and Love, and Obedience to him. So the ſenſe is
the ſame in both caſes* 4 Which title is here givento Chriſt, part-
ly to vindicate him from thoſe falſe imputations of wickedneſs which
were faſtnedupon him by his Adverſarics, aud which found the more belief becauſe of his moſt grievous and uncxampled Sufferings both
from God and Men; and partly to ſhew his titneſs for this great work of juſtificing ſinners, becauſe he was exatly holy, and harmleſs,
and undefiled, Heb.'9, 26; and fulfilled all Righteouſneſs according to
his duty, Mat. 3. 15. and therefore his perſon and perfermance muſt necds be acceptable to God, and effeQtual for the Juſtification of his People, which was the great deſign of his comming into the World. 6 Acquit them from the guilt of their ſins, and all the dreadful conſe- quences thereof : For Juſtification is here oppoſed to Condemnition,
yielded up huraſclf to death and burial. And that which follows, with the wicked,doth not note the ſamencſs of place as if he ſhould be buri.
as appears from the following clauſe, and from many other pail:yes in this Chapter, and as it 15 uſed in all pjaces of Scripture, one,